The Gunnery School - Red and Gray Yearbook (Washington, CT)

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'bw' sump PHELON D P MILLER B SCHERESCHEWSKY BROWNELL ,- 1 WYCKOFF 1954 BASEBALL REVIEW As Coach Edward Buxton surveyed h1s baseball prospects on the soggy diamond in those rainy days of April he had four lettermen from the previous season s team Captain Bob Phelon and Dave Miller both on the first nine for three years and G11 Williams and jim Conley The early performances of some newcomers seemed to promise a successful season In its opener April 21 at Kent the Red and Gray dropped a 5 4 decision when Kent pushed across the winning run on a squeeze play in the tenth inning ack Manning was the starting pitcher but was relieved by Tom Brownell in the fifth The Gunnery led through most of the game but lost the lead in late innings Brownell led the batters with a triple and single Three days later the team opened the home season by losing 4 2 to Trinity Pawling Steve Sumner was reached for four runs on four hits in the first lnfllllg but pitched shutout ball allowing one hit for the duration of the game Griggs and Williams crossed the plate for the losers two runs April 28 The Gunnery met South Kent at home in a slug fest The Red and Gray took the game 10 9 as Bob Phelon drilled three home runs winning the contest in the ninth with a three run homer He batted in eight runs for the day Brad Schereschewsky banged out four hits while Bob Vfyckoif ac counted for three safeties At Lakeville May 1 the Red and Gray took an early one run lead against Hotchkiss The home team countered with four runs in the fifth and one rn the seventh to triumph 5 2 Brownell went the distance allowing five hits and batting out two himself The Gunnery lost its fourth game on May 5 as Wooster edged the Buck men 4 3 in Danbury Hits by Phelon, Brownell, Manning, and Dave Miller gave the v1s1tors a 3 2 lead in the sixth inning but Wooster retaliated with two in the same inning to take the game Manning and Sumner shared hurling duties giving up five hits and two earned runs Brownell narrowly missed a no hitter at Canterbury a week later as 70

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I 'Q 9' WW' 'V vL':.r25,M WILLIAMS D D MILLER GRIGGS 1954 BASEBALL REVIEW Ireland singled in the seventh The pitching of Brownell plus hits by Phelon Downs and Dave Miller gave The Gunnery the 3 I victory After a postponement the Red and Gray played a League game with Choate in Washington May 17 The visitors took the game 7 5 in ten innings Brownell was the chucker being rapped for ten hits and four earned runs WyckoH and Schereschewsky each had two singles May 19 at Berkshire The Gunnery took a 5 2 decision over the Green A double by Phelon and a hit by Dave Miller drove in the necessary runs for the win Sumner was the Gunnery pitcher giving up six hits and fanning five batters Salisbury was the scene of a 2 0 shutout May 24 The contest was settled in the third and sixth innings as Salisbury scored two unearned runs while touching Manning and Sumner for one hit during the entire game The Varsity carried a one run lead into the sixth against Loomis on the Gunnery field two days later but the visitors tallied twice in the sixth and five more times in the seventh to record a 7-1 win. Brownell pitched the whole game. Phelon and Dwight Miller each supplied a pair of hits for the losing cause. Canterbury avenged its previous defeat as the Red and Gray played a sloppy game before an Alumni Day throng May 29. Sumner pitched well but received poor support as there were five errors. Brownell Phelon and Scheres- chewsky each produced two hits. The I954 baseball season ended june 2 in Washington as The Gunnery lost to Taft in an eleven inning League tilt 5-2. Brownell chucked allowing eight hits and striking out nine. Again sloppy fielding was the reason for the defeat. The season's record of 3-9 was not at all indicative of the teams poten- tial. A tendency to commit costly errors in bunches, plus an apparent inability to hit with men on base, were the principal reasons for the poor showing. The team's leading hitter, Bob WyckoE, was elected captain for the 1955 campaign. 71 ., ,. A4- SUMNER , 9 - . -- - : Fu- 'Y' A. . . ,.. .v.... DOWNS